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Oh, my child, can you not see? You must let go of yourself. For if a seed wishes to live, it must sacrifice itself and grow outward, not inward.


Seth Adam Smith

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ADAM KIRK SMITH When quitting is done correctly, it isn't giving up - it's making room for something better.
ADAM KIRK SMITH What we're doing here is completely in line with the principles of fair use. We think this will help...
ADAM M. SMITH We think most publishers and authors will choose to participate in the publisher program in order to...
ADAM M. SMITH People who succeed in business aren't afraid to hear feedback from their customers -- they actually ...
ADAM KIRK SMITH You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term.
ADAM KIRK SMITH Sometimes bad things that come in life aren’t necessarily bad things; they can be motivators to do...
ADAM KIRK SMITH Contentment - being happy while doing something - and complacency - being happy while doing nothing ...
ADAM KIRK SMITH As a leader, your main responsibility is to remove any barriers that stand in the way.
ADAM KIRK SMITH The requirement for advice being received well is that you’ve produced results with your life. Res...
ADAM KIRK SMITH I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard.
SETH ROGEN I love speculating about solutions to problems in mathematics. I have no interest whatever in sudoku...
VIKRAM SETH When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened,...
VIKRAM SETH I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reform...
VIKRAM SETH If somebody writes clearly, you can pretty much tell immediately if something is shallow or deep, wh...
VIKRAM SETH You can talk good ideas out of existence.
VIKRAM SETH Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
VIKRAM SETH Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of...
VIKRAM SETH I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
VIKRAM SETH As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the curre...
VIKRAM SETH I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
VIKRAM SETH The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying on...
VIKRAM SETH